United States Grand Prix 2019: Practice 2 team radio
36 radio messages were recorded during practice 2 at the United States Grand Prix 2019, across 16 drivers. 35 of them have a transcript; the rest are audio only. Charles LECLERC had the most, with 4.
These are transcripts of real team radio audio, produced by speech recognition and presented as an archive rather than as edited prose. Radio is clipped and noisy, so wording can be imperfect. Each message is attributed to the driver or their engineer, and the original audio is playable in the archive.
Who was on the radio
- Charles LECLERC · Ferrari · 4 messages
- Lewis HAMILTON · Mercedes · 4 messages
- Kevin MAGNUSSEN · Haas · 3 messages
- Max VERSTAPPEN · Red Bull · 3 messages
- George RUSSELL · Williams · 3 messages
- Daniel RICCIARDO · Renault · 3 messages
- Lance STROLL · Racing Point · 3 messages
- Pierre GASLY · Red Bull · 2 messages
- Daniil KVYAT · Toro Rosso · 2 messages
- Valtteri BOTTAS · Mercedes · 2 messages
- Sergio PEREZ · Racing Point · 2 messages
- Lando NORRIS · McLaren · 1 message
- Romain GROSJEAN · Haas · 1 message
- Alexander ALBON · Red Bull · 1 message
- Nico HULKENBERG · Renault · 1 message
- Sebastian VETTEL · Ferrari · 1 message
Every message, in the order it happened
Engineer: and tyres already look better than P1
Engineer: just
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: had a very big snap at the exit of uh eight eight
Engineer: okay there's very direct tailwind in that area so yeah probably because it's more of a tailwind than a crosswind okay so remember remember mode push mode push
Engineer: Are you okay? I'm okay.
Romain GROSJEAN: Yeah, I'm okay, but the car is not.
Audio only, no transcript available for this message.
Charles LECLERC: Wait, yeah, there was a problem with my virtual safety car thing, I've got a problem with my virtual safety car, the Delta.
Engineer: Understood, we can see it on data.
Charles LECLERC: What should I do?
Engineer: Just go slow, go slow and box now, box, we can see the issue on data.
Engineer: Yellows at turn 6, Grosjean currently off track, might be debris I'll
Max VERSTAPPEN: slow down
George RUSSELL: No bite from the brakes
Engineer: OK, so we're a bit ahead of schedule, so you can do another push lap if you want to.
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, I don't think it'll go quicker, unless you see a trend with this tyre.
Engineer: So, no clear trend on this tyre from our side, so it's purely to give you some more track time.
Lance STROLL: I'm not slowing down for turn one, no brakes.
Engineer: So we're a bit cold on brakes going into turn one Lance, too cold on brakes but also braking what seems late and hard.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: Right. Still very bad rigour.
Engineer: Don't know if it's the cow or these tyres. Sure, understood. We'll get on a better tyre and then we'll get a read.
Engineer: So Lewistalth P3, just over 6 tenths to Leclerc P1 on that medium tyre So good improvement for yourself in that final sector
Lewis HAMILTON: I'm still on it man!
Engineer: I
Lewis HAMILTON: was on a lap man!
Engineer: Sorry Lewistalth, you'd aborted that one
Pierre GASLY: Okay, we need to slow down the braking because it's so bad. Turn 1 I'm locking the Vs massively so
Daniil KVYAT: The drivability is quite poor out of 211
Engineer: Ok, we'll have a look
Lewis HAMILTON: Have these front tires rebound please
Max VERSTAPPEN: ETA is available to pick up.
Alexander ALBON: The car is feeling a lot more disconnected than before.
Pierre GASLY: That's
Engineer: a
Pierre GASLY: good lap, that's
Engineer: a very good lap man, very good job
Engineer: Where
Valtteri BOTTAS: is the lap time? I don't understand.
Engineer: On the straights? There's a lot on the straights, Aetha. It looks, Tau is quite powerful, but there's something else, probably.
Lance STROLL: Was that enough temp? Because I still feel a lot of understeer into 1 and 11.
Engineer: So that was enough temp looking at it. It was enough temp from our point of view.
Engineer: Lance do you think you can go any better than that because I'm thinking maybe we ought to be boxing.
Lance STROLL: Do you want to try the first part of the lap and see how it is?
Engineer: Copy that.
Sergio PEREZ: We need to check the loads.
Engineer: I
Sergio PEREZ: touched the kerb a bit too hard into 7 on the first lap and it feels a little bit lighter, the left and corners, than the right.
Lewis HAMILTON: It's getting colder out here
George RUSSELL: Did you hear that? Very dodgy noise from the gearbox when I launched.
Engineer: And how is the balance?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah I can feel a bit more deck up my reel.
Engineer: Oh ****,
George RUSSELL: how is he doing?
Engineer: Yeah, I'm not sure if he's going to drive through the pits or not, but he's only just started his high field.
Engineer: Okay Nico, this run is looking pretty decent, are you happy to keep going for a few more laps?
Nico HULKENBERG: Yep, the egg feels pretty high but the lap time somehow doesn't indicate that.
Engineer: just be careful track limits exit turn 19 we've had two laps with warnings already
Engineer: And Hamilton lap time 39.7
Charles LECLERC: No way, I can't do that.
Engineer: Copy, understood.
Daniil KVYAT: Yeah, it's all good, but I think
Engineer: The
Daniil KVYAT: tires are not so good though Yeah, the tires are
Engineer: Are
Daniil KVYAT: done man
Engineer: The
Valtteri BOTTAS: front is weak, the front left I can see some graining or something.
Engineer: I see that.
Engineer: and Charles try to upshift before the bump exit turn 9, upshift before bump exit turn 9
Engineer: And how are the tires?
Daniel RICCIARDO: Yeah, I definitely feel the deck, so just having to work a bit harder for it.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: These tyres are really bad already, really bad. The rear tyres, high speed is pretty tough.
Engineer: OK, understood, understood.
Kevin MAGNUSSEN: And low speed, I've got a lot of understeer.
Engineer: OK, understood.
Engineer: And Charles, try to upshift earlier on exit turn 9, upshift earlier. Yeah, but guys, I cannot upshift earlier, I'm already doing it.
Charles LECLERC: I'll try even more, but that's what I'm already doing, I'm upshifting before the bump.
Sebastian VETTEL: Check breaking for 11, the car doesn't seem to stop.
Engineer: Copy.
Engineer: Check out Weybridge, Weybridge I
Sergio PEREZ: didn't see what I do
Engineer: Come to the garage, come to the garage but stop outside Pass the pit stop, pass the pit stop box Guy's gonna push you back down to the Weybridge
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